The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003)

To over the top

By Chin  Aug 16, 2003 | 2 out of 3 found this The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003) review helpful

“Isabella is my singing partner and you are like the sister, like two pods in a pea” That’s from “The Lizzie McGuire Movie” staring teen queen Hilary Duff as a Junior High school gradate is on thier class trip to Rome. She’s spotted by Italian... teen idol Paolo played by (Yani Gellman) who says she looks exactly like his earth while singing partner soon she seeking away from the class trip to tour of Rome on the back of Paolo’s moped and it will thrill young teenage girls and terrify their parents. Paolo convinces Lizzie (Duff) to impersonate his partner to performe at an award show. She can lip-sync the lyrics he tells her. “You will be great I know.” (Paolo) “How do you know?”(Lizzie) “Because, because you shine like the light from the sun.”(Paolo)Hilary Duff who is very popular among young girls who is only 15 but looks older. Serves as a role model for girls who are obsesses with makeup and hairstyles, and popularity and don’t have a though in their head. The movie celebrates beauty, popularity, above all other values, and its lighthearted fantasy for young teenagers and at that level of work just like her last movie “Agent Cody Banks.” But Duff is talented and it time for her to move on to films with a few more ideas. They did the same think in “What a Girl Wants” with (Amanda Bynes) they go over to Europe and they become media sensations why not in this story just have her go to Rome and have the adventures and normal 15 year old girl might have. They pack on this Briteny Spears type of adventure for her, which is so over the top and so silly. They get rid of Paolo so she can actually do a duet with her-self and don’t know how that happened but it's like she’s just such a big star we can’t even have the Italian singing star on screen anymore, it would be nice just to have seen her trip to Europe in reality time. Duff is a charming young actress but the material just isn’t there. Read more Less